The saga continued last year with New Moon,and now in Eclipse, headstrong high school student Bella Swan affirms her love for classmate Edward Cullen, a soulful and very pale teenager.

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For viewing the total eclipse, the best places on terra firma are in central Africa, where the eclipse will last four minutes or longer -- more than twice as long as the last total solar eclipse in 1999.

CNN: Africa awaits total eclipse of the sun

The last annular eclipse appeared in the United States in 1994.

CNN: Upcoming solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire'

The whole eclipse will last for a couple of hours as the moon passes in front of the sun, creating a partial eclipse.

CNN: Upcoming solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire'